Carpet-sweeper



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1. B. SHUTE.

CARPET SWEBPER.

Patented Deo. 12', 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ISAAC B. SHUTE, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARPET-swi-:i-:PER

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters -Patent No. 269,127, dated December 12, 1882.

Application filed February 17, 1882.

1o and the invention will, in connection with the accompanying drawings, be hereinafter fully described, and specilically defined in the appended claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sweeper having I ny invention embodied therein. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, taken as viewed from the right in Fig. 1, and with a portion of the end ot' the case broken away to show the interior arrangement ot' parts. Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations Vof the adjustable brush-supporting brackets, which are secured to the ends ot' the case.

A representsthecase,which isof well-known construction, and B is the usual cover thereto. A hail, a, provided with the usual tongue or handle, b, is shown as secured to case A in a Well-known manner.

The brush-cylinder c (shown without the bristles in Fig. `l and with them in Fig. 2) is provided with the usual arbor or journals, n, upon which it rotates, which motion is imparted to it by the action ot' friction-wheels e, which bear upon the carpet, and also peripherally en- (No model.)

gage said cylinder c, as shown. Said journals a are supported in the brackets d, which are formed lwith au open slot, h, at the bottom of which is formed a seat7c, for said journals, which are secured therein by springs i, whose studsl` are formed to extend into said seats andv to bear against the journals, as shown, thereby constantlyr pressingcylinder cinto contact with the friction-wheels e to insure the desired action thereof. Saidbrackets d ure also formed with slots j, which receive the screws by which they are secured to endsji, and which also allow the requisite vertical adjustment ot' the brush when it is seated in the brackets, as

described. The springs fare secured to the i ISAAC B. SHUTE;

Witnesses:

T. W. PORTER,

EBEN HU'rcHINsoN. 

